Bauwagen

[ˈbaʊ̯ˌvaːɡn̩]

/[ˈbaʊ̯ˌvaːɡn̩]/ noun

The verdict

“Bauwagen” is uncommon German (frequency #75,429 among 5,818 “B” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#75,429
frequency rank, German
5,818
“B” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - geschlossener Anhänger, der zum Aufenthalt der an einem Bau Beschäftigten sowie zum Aufbewahrung von Materialien dient

Corpus desk

Index DE-bauwagen · Bauwagen · German

Bauwagen · rank #75,429 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #75,429
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,818
  • PHOTO-FINISH Baumstumpf

Nearest frequency peer: Baumstumpf (-1 rank slots)

Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.

Langschwanz-Ränge nahe „Bauwagen“

Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer

corpus weight

What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Bauwagen“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Bauwagen
PropertyValue
HeadwordBauwagen
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈbaʊ̯ˌvaːɡn̩]
Letters8
Frequency rank#75,429
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Bauwagen“ im Deutschen

Diese Skala geht vom Kern des Alltagdeutschen (links) bis zum seltenen Langschwanz (rechts).Bauwagenfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Achse ist logarithmisch: jeder Tick markiert etwa zehnfach geringere Häufigkeit. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Baumstumpf“ (#75,428), „bedächtig“ (#75,431), „basalen“ (#75,426). Unter 5,818 „B“-Lemmata liegt „Bauwagen“ bei #75,429. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Bauwagen is uncommon German at frequency #75,429 among 5,818 “B” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈbaʊ̯ˌvaːɡn̩]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "geschlossener Anhänger, der zum Aufenthalt der an einem Bau Beschäftigten sowie zum Aufbewahrung von Materialien dient".

Bauwagen doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct German form is Bauwagen, spelled B-A-U-W-A-G-E-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    geschlossener Anhänger, der zum Aufenthalt der an einem Bau Beschäftigten sowie zum Aufbewahrung von Materialien dient

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how Bauwagen appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. „Jedenfalls finde ich meinen Bauwagen ganz schön geräumig.“
  2. „Zuerst lebten sie von der Hand in den Mund in einem Bauwagen.“

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 German corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Bauwagen"?
"Bauwagen" is spelled B-A-U-W-A-G-E-N. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈbaʊ̯ˌvaːɡn̩].
What does "Bauwagen" mean?
As a noun, "Bauwagen" means: geschlossener Anhänger, der zum Aufenthalt der an einem Bau Beschäftigten sowie zum Aufbewahrung von Materialien dient
How do you pronounce "Bauwagen"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Bauwagen" is [ˈbaʊ̯ˌvaːɡn̩]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Bauwagen" come from?
"Bauwagen" is a German word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Bauwagen", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list